File:World map RMG C4568 1.jpg
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English: [world map]Two world maps on the same mount, probably orginally a double page from a book, laid down inside a brown leather cover and heavily hand coloured (the colouring is so heavy it was long thought to be a manuscript, in fact a method employed by contemporaries to make prints look less like prints). This is the earliest extant map to show the world in 360 degrees of longitude and 180 degrees of latitude within an oval projection, a form which would be adopted by many major cartographers later in the century. Columbus' place names for central America are placed (as claimed by Columbus) along the coast of Asia, which extends to the eastward following the Ptolemaic conception of the continent, into a peninsular North America.
The main issue for cartographers in the early sixteenth century was how to reconcile the Ptolemaic understanding of world geography with the geographical knowledge which reached Europe following the turn of the century voyages of exploration. This map is Rosselli's attempt at that feat, incorporating the latest information into a Renaissance geographical tradition. It is particularly important because it is the only extant world map by a contemporary cartographer to depict Columbus's own understanding of the geographical results of his fourth voyage. |
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| Date | 1508 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 420 mm x 370 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/244434 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Acquisition Number: MS1947-9928C Duplicate Number: P/27 id number: G201:1/53 |
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| Collection | Charts and maps | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 11:29, 11 September 2022 | | 2,712 × 1,449 (2.89 MB) | Mike Krüger (talk | contribs) | higher resolution |
| 22:55, 1 September 2017 |  | 1,280 × 683 (1.04 MB) | Fæ (talk | contribs) | Royal Museums Greenwich Charts and maps, http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/244434 |
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